"For this great event, I risked all kinds of dangers. I passed through Macao, Goa, Mogul, Persia and Anatolia, and came to Smyrna.
I am preparing to set off from here to Rome. Since the Emperor of China has assigned me this glorious mission, I will go through all the hardships and dangers to complete the mission!"
—Bomige.
The person who translated into Russian for Zhao Han was Polish missionary Bomig.
Historically, he was sent by Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty to go to the Pope in Rome to bring reinforcements.
He boarded a ship from Guilin to Macau and was blocked by Portuguese merchants in Goa, India. These Portuguese merchants had been bribed by the Manchus, allowing them to continue doing business and allowing the Jesuits to preach in China. The Portuguese Governor of Goa was
Knowing the promise given by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they immediately detained Bu Mi Ge who went to Europe to seek help.
Bhumig still remembered Emperor Yongli's mission and looked for an opportunity to escape from Goa. But he could not continue to take the sea route, so he disguised himself and walked all the way from India to Persia, where he contacted his Venetian friends.
With the help of his friends, Bomig crossed the Mediterranean and finally arrived in Venice.
However, Jesuit missionaries were not welcome here, and Bomige was refused to go ashore. Bomige changed into the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty and asked to see the Venetian ruler as an envoy of the Ming Dynasty.
The Venetian ruler was very interested in him, and spent all day discussing academics with Boymig. Over the course of several months, he prostituted the Chinese medicine books and Chinese maps that Boymig brought for free. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine and the knowledge of Chinese herbal medicines were systematically spread to the people.
Europe.
In desperation, Bomig went to Rome, but the Pope refused to see him and even disliked the entire Jesuit order.
Bu Mige waited for two years and finally waited for the Pope to summon him. At the same time, he met the Manchu envoy Wei Kuangguo.
The name Wei Kuangguo means "defending and supporting the Ming Dynasty". But at this moment, he became a representative of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and came to prevent the Pope from sending troops.
After the Pope clearly refused to rescue, Bomig returned to his hometown in Poland and wanted to ask the Polish Archduke to send troops. Wei Kuangguo took the lead and told the Eight Banners Army how powerful it was, so that the Polish king did not dare to intervene.
Although he learned from Wei Kuangguo that the entire Ming Dynasty had fallen, Bu Mige still insisted on going back and returning his life to his Emperor Yongli.
Eight years after his mission, Bomige came to Siam and learned that Yunnan was still resisting the Qing Dynasty.
Bu Mige was so happy that he immediately took a boat to Macau and then walked to Yunnan alone. Unfortunately, he died of illness in Guangxi on the way.
Nowadays, Bu Mige has three identities:
One is a master's degree from the Geography Institute of Qintianyuan, the second is a lecturer and doctor at Jinling Medical College, and the third is a Jesuit missionary.
His family was originally a Hungarian aristocrat, and his grandfather became a Polish aristocrat and worked as a secretary for the King of Poland. His father is a doctor of medicine and philosophy and served as a physician to the king of Poland. Bumig himself is a Polish doctor. After coming to China,
, began to study traditional Chinese medicine again, and now it has a bit of a combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
When Khabarov replied that he didn't know, Bumig said: "Your Majesty, when I left Poland, Russia was ruled by Mikhail Romanov.
His throne was picked up, and several false czars appeared in succession, and he was even claimed to rule by the Grand Duke of Poland at one time. The previous czar had died, and Mikhail's father was the nephew of Empress Ivan IV, and he was very prestigious in Russia.
.So, the pastors and nobles asked him to be the tsar, but in fact it was his father who ruled Russia."
"Mikhail Romanov?" Zhao Han had no impression of this name at all.
But since his surname was Romanov, and the previous tsar had no heirs, then this person was probably the founder of the Romanov dynasty.
Zhao Han still knew about the Romanlov Dynasty.
Zhao Han asked: “How old is Mikhail?”
Boymig replied: "About thirty or forty years old, but this tsar is famous for being frail and sick, and may have died of illness long ago. As for who the new tsar is, I don't know, and the Jesuit missionaries in China have also
no one knows."
For several years, no new missionaries have come to China, and the latest news from Europe can only be obtained from Nanyang.
But to be honest, with the current communication conditions, Russia is located in a remote place, and even the governor of Batavia may not know the name of the new tsar. After all, in the eyes of European countries, Russia is a group of barbarians.
Zhao Han suddenly said: "Come closer."
Bu Mige translated: "Your Majesty asked you to come closer."
Khabarov was so flattered that he did not dare to stand up, so he knelt and crawled forward.
Two female royal guards held out a huge map of the world.
Zhao Han said: "On this big map, mark the boundaries of Russia."
Khabarov looked at it stupidly for a long time and couldn't even figure out where Europe was. Not to mention it was marked with Chinese characters, even if it was in Cyrillic script, he couldn't understand it at all. This guy hadn't read a day.
Pomig pointed to the map and said: "This is the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, this is Sweden, and this is the area in the middle of the Ottoman Empire.
You explain the situation."
Khabarov was very smart. After being guided by Bumig, he immediately climbed to the big map.
The two female officials held up maps. He did not dare to look at them. They pointed to a place on the map and said: "This should be the Kazakh Khanate. I heard that between Kazakhstan and Persia, there are two countries, Khiva and Bukhara. Kazakhstan
To the east is also the territory of Tatar and Mongolia."
"Very good." Zhao Han smiled and nodded, finally lighting up part of Central Asia.
Bu Mige pointed to the map again and said: "This is Heilongjiang. This is where you were captured. And here is your lair, Yaksa."
Khabarov carefully identified it and combined with his experiences over the years, he had a clearer understanding of Siberia.
Zhao Han asked: "Which of Russia's territories in the east are the most important? Or are they clearly divided into several ruling areas?"
Khabarov pointed to the north of the Kazakh Khanate: "There is a big mountain here, called the Ural Mountains. To the west of the Ural Mountains, there are more people and more food, and the nobles also pay more attention to it. To the east of the Ural Mountains, there are very few people and less food.
Very few, aristocratic gentlemen only care about superficial things."
Zhao Han immediately understood that to the west of the Ural Mountains was the core of Russia's rule; to the east of the Ural Mountains was Russia's colonial territory.
This can probably be guessed. Zhao Han continued to ask: "What other important areas are there to the east of the Ural Mountains?"
Khabarov replied: "The most important ones are a few big rivers. The first is the Yenisei River, the second is the Ob River, and the third is the Lena River. To the east of the Ural Mountains, all the castles in Russia
, were built along the banks of these three rivers and their tributaries. The Cossack warriors, rowing boats to find suitable places to settle, chose to build castles and communities along the rivers. Then they used the castles and communities as the center to plunder the surrounding indigenous tribes."
Zhao Han understood that this was Russia's expansion model in Siberia.
Use the river as the lifeline of transportation, then choose a hub as the base, and use the base as the center for colonial expansion. As long as you destroy each base by the river,
Russian rule in Siberia was over.
China's expansion of power in the Northeast region can also follow this model.
The middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang are too far away, and the vast area does not need to be managed. It is enough to set up a few guard posts along the Heilongjiang River. Dozens or hundreds of soldiers will be stationed at each guard post, and the criminals will be moved there to cultivate land, and slowly follow the nearby areas.
Aboriginal integration.
Zhao Han asked again: "Which region of Russia is most closely connected with Yaksa?"
Khabarov said: "Yakutsk.
From a geographical point of view, the Lake Baikal region is much closer to Yaksa, while Yakutsk is ridiculously far away.
Khabarov explained: "Yakutsk is too cold. The land freezes for several months every year, making it difficult to grow enough food. When I established the Yaksa village, the initial order I received was to grow food and transport it to
Yakutsk. Start from Yaksa and go north along the Zeya River. After encountering a lake, turn to another river and continue north to reach Yakutsk. When you arrive in Yakutsk, follow the Zeya River.
Take the river to the southwest,
You can reach Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is connected to the Yenisey River. The Yenisey River has many tributaries and you can go to many places.
Zhao Han immediately smiled and said: "It seems that to conquer Siberia, what is needed is not cavalry, but a northern naval force."
Conquering those three rivers is equivalent to conquering the entire Siberia. This is the secret of the Cossacks' continuous eastward expansion.
Zhao Han still had to ask questions in person in order to achieve a high level of leadership.
If the Ministry of Justice and the military are asked to interrogate, they can only produce some specific information and cannot look at the problem from a global perspective.
Zhao Han said to the Royal Horse Supervisor: "Instruct the Ministry of War to recruit naval officers and soldiers who have retired or changed careers. We must make it clear to these retired naval officers and soldiers that whether to re-enlist in the army is entirely voluntary and not forced. Northeast Navy,
It will be formed in Songhua River, where they will fight in the future.
They are far away, cold and poor, and may not be able to return home for several years. All military salaries are doubled, and every child of a sergeant who enlists in the army has a publicly funded place to attend the middle school in the place where his or her registered residence is. The children of martyrs have a publicly funded place.
Go to the university where you are registered."
After thinking for a while, Zhao Han continued: "The Yangtze River Navy, lay off 300 people. Use these 300 Yangtze River Navy officers and soldiers as the skeleton to form the Northeast Navy on the Songhua River. Recruit a thousand veterans and demobilized officers and soldiers to replenish the Northeast Navy.
Among the navy. Also, there must be sufficient doctors. Frostbite may often occur in the north."
Including military doctors and other support personnel, the Northeast Navy had only 1,500 troops when it was first established.
Despite the small number of people, they will be the core military force of the Heilongjiang Dusi, and their military strength can be quickly projected to the entire Songhua River and along the Heilongjiang River.
After the Heilongjiang Dusi's rule is stabilized, they will expand further north. First capture Yakutsk, and then use Yakutsk as a base to follow the Lena River to capture Lake Bekana. This march route is far away.
It is far better than heading north from the Mongolian grassland. It requires less troops and less logistical pressure.
We can capture Su Wu Muyang's Beihai at the lowest cost.
Khabarov revealed the core secret of the Cossacks, which made Zhao Han very satisfied. He said: "I can pardon your crime."
Khabarov was overjoyed: “Thank you so much, His Majesty the Great Emperor!”
Zhao Han added: "But you have killed countless people. You can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the living crime. Cutting off the little finger of your left hand is a lesson to you!"
A finger is nothing, as long as it is not a thumb, Khabarov can completely accept it.
Zhao Han said: "After the Northeast Navy is established, I will appoint you as the military guide and general officer. As long as you perform meritorious service in battle, I will reward you based on your merits, and even let you serve as an officer!"
Khabarov seemed to have been hit by a pie in the sky. As an officer in the wealthy Khitan Kingdom, wouldn't he have the opportunity to become a noble in the future?
This guy was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing crazily towards the emperor, and even wanted to crawl over and kiss the emperor's boots.